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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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